Another original recipe and a giggle

 I finally have a functional car again so spontaneous trips to the store will resume without the hassle of public transit limitations. 

But on another note, I was looking for a crispy coating recipe to make fried chicken this weekend. I bought the multi multi pack of chicken thighs at Costco thinking... there'll be two or three in each pack. Nope, four good size chicken thighs in the first pack, oh my! This is fantastic because we can now have two pieces for each of us and not have to skimp. So on to that recipe I had saved on pinterest

 Now keep in mind, this is a coating for fried chicken..... see what it says  under the title of this recipe? 'Vegan - 6 servings'. This is a recipe for coating chicken and you're labeling it as vegan????? I giggled for a while about that, still am in the back of my head. Also shaking my head at just what our society has become.

Anyway. 

I attempted to make baked chicken with a layer of cubed potatoes underneath so they would absorb all the flavors as I've seen in some videos. 

As you can see, the chicken turned out fantastic. I marinated it overnight in Olive Garden Italian Dressing then sprinkled garlic powder on the pieces before popping it in the oven. I parboiled the potato pieces before coating them in olive oil, salt and pepper then put the rack over them and the chicken.

That was it. Unfortunately, the potatoes are a dismal stuck on failure. We got enough scraped off for the two of us but that was it. Am not trying that recipe again ever and will stick to frying in a pan. 

The chicken really was delicious, had the flavoring of the dressing and was perfectly juicy.  No coating at all just the chicken.

Yesterday was shrimp tacos with an incredibly spicy and yummy cilantro garlic sauce. I just winged it so when it was done I had to write the recipe down best I could, like I do. We had mixed shredded cabbage and avocado as well. I failed to get fresh tomatoes so no pico or salsa other than the sauce.

Creamy Cilantro Garlic Sauce

1 handful of fresh cilantro stems and all

1/2 c mayo

1/2 sour cream

1 tbl lime juice

1 tsp white vinegar

3 garlic cloves

3 slices fresh jalapeño (approx. 1/4 inch thick with seeds and membrane)

1/4 white onion chopped coarse

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp Smoked paprika

1/2 tsp salt and pepper

1/2 tsp sugar 

 

Drop that all in the blender with veggies first then dressings and blend until smooth. If it's too runny add in more mayo until desired consistency. I have yet to try anything with greek yogurt bedcause I have yet to remember or find just plain full fat in small containers. This stuff has an incredible kick and I think the only thing I'd change is a little less jalapeño. Instead of tacos my partner has his shrimp on hamburger buns like a sandwich. 

Fried chicken tomorrow likely with mashed potatoes, maybe meatloaf or something hamburger based for Sunday then easy meals for the main part of the week. 

Will see what comes up in the kitchen!